Finally, I use a wet paste technique to smooth and iron out the paintings before remounting on mat board and framing.

I learned this work through meditation, both Zen Buddhist and Contemplative Christian, and from studying Zen artists, poets and Western abstract artists from Kokoschka through Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell and all the abstract artists in between.

This is the way of the feminine, a way or knowing in more wholeness, and in this way relates also to my oil paintings.

They are really little sketches, the most fun of all! You’ve just read my Artist’s Statement for Sumi-e. Be sure to let me know how they make you feel and what you see in them!

Linda-Dale Jennings

October 13th, 2018 at 9:07 am

These three have so moved me. I liked the first, smiled broadly at the second, and wept at the third. You are AMAZING!

marilyn wells

October 13th, 2018 at 12:58 pm

Oh thank you so much, ld! I love your comments here; they mean so very much to me!